So supply constraints on harmful drugs due to law enforcement are causing suppliers and users to turn to even more harmful drugs to cope. Quel surprise!

Fever333 has a RATM thing going on that you might like. I got into some of the stoner/doom stuff out of my love for Soundgarden, there’s plenty to find if you like that Sabbath-y heavy riff sound. Some of the old alt bands are still kicking: Obv Pearl Jam is still doing it, and they still cut a great album, The Pixies, QOTSA, Afghan Whigs, Built to Spill, Weezer, all released good albums in the last few years. You might also like some stuff that hits some alt rock feelings like Blancmange, The Rentals, Wunderhorse, Paolo Nutini, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Wet Leg, Ty Segall.

Some of the bands and solo artist spin offs of the big rock acts in the early 2000s have continued to write killer tunes - Tom Morello, Jack White, Black Keys, Son Volt, Night Beats.

Maybe that’s enough of a start?

So I was going to come in and give you a big “hell no”, but since you mention subsequent products, I have to respond with more nuance. In my opinion, apple hasn’t shown anything compelling enough to make any significant inroads, especially at the current price point.

BUT.

They did create a device that will allow people to start creating applications and experiences that will translate well when AR glasses are finally possible to produce. There is a potential first mover advantage given that apple will have a set of best practices and user feedback on everything that gets developed for the vision pro, and an ecosystem that may translate well to the first real AR devices. Having an actual all-day wearable AR device would be a real game changer that will ABSOLUTELY get widespread adoption.

The risk for apple is that the first (or more likely first several) generation(s) of AR glasses are not anywhere as capable from a technology perspective as the vision pro. For instance, the resolution maybe be substantially lower, or the FOV smaller, or the compute way less powerful because of the form factor. So the learnings may only be generally applicable from the vision pro, and all of the apps may need significant revisions to function well on their AR device.